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“By the time I got to the gate, which was open because we’d been bailing the hay, four more had gained access.

“I was in my Land Rover and my 20-year-old son was driving the tractor and we used the vehicles to stop another four caravans getting on to the field, but the travellers kept trying to put young children in front of us to try and stop us.

“The travellers who were already on the field got aggressive and started throwing rocks at us and one had an iron bar.

The smashed front windscreen of the farmer's Land Rover (Image: Daily Post Wales)

“I’ve got bruised ribs because one of the rocks smashed the window and hit me in the chest.